Anderson did not say "Steven Seagal taught me that kick," he said "Steven Seagal helped me perfect the kick." In case you lack the ability to take things into context, the kick used is a rear teep/push kick. If you think that a Muay Thai expert like Silva didn't know how to throw such a kick before training with Seagal, you may be retarded.

Steven Seagal, as much of a social pariah that he's become in the past few years, is still a legit teacher in some aspects... but is he a legit fighter? About as much as JCVD, with a touch more delusion (translation= no).

This whole thing does confirm a bit what I've been saying for a while. Martial arts such as aikido, wing chun, and their ilk require legitimate athleticism and experience to be able to pull off against a resisting opponent. A lot of TMA schools have become cesspools of narrow focus and doughy physique - they've forgotten how to fight. I kind of prefer to think of MMA as middle to high school, where you learn all the broad basics to use in college or life, base specialties like Judo, BJJ, or Muay Thai as your college major or chosen profession, and most TMA's like a college elective or hobby - may come in handy some specific time one day, and might be able to bank on it if you get really good at it and your profession starts to bore you a bit from the repetition.

Silva's a goddamn troll-

He can speak english properly, likely even better than most of you reading this. He just doesn't like you fuckers.

He seems to enjoy the audience taking his word at face value and laughing his ass off on the inside. To be honest, he was spoiled by a technically savvy and respectful japanese audience before the UFC, so I can see why he doesn't like the US crowd as much.

I think he likes having Seagal teach him some subtle redirection techniques, and the rest is for the lulz. Still don't think he's just looking for shits and giggles whenever he feels like it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5zjL05yn3Q

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I never knew that Joe Rogan knew how to fight! Since I've only watched him on Fear Factor and some color commentary on UFC, but never seeing him throwing kicks and training other fighters. Also, it amazed me that Steven Seagal trains Anderson Silva and sometimes Machida. Being a Karate practitioner at Goose Creek in the past, I still find it amazing to watch people in the ring duke it out for supremacy, even if they got some of their teeth knocked off and run to their dentists to get them all patched up for the sacred act of competition.

Steven Seagal is certainly a disappointment given some of the personal antics we've witnessed.

On the other hand, Seagal is a highly accomplished martial artist who has cross-trained in many styles of the traditional martial arts. IF YOU WANT TO BE GLIB INSULTING HIM; TRY DOING IT TO HIS FACE! NO THANKS.

Kf practices a style of traditional karate; the front kick Seagal employs is not a standard karate-style front kick. To Kf, Seagal's version resembles more of a wing chun or other kung fu, even kenpo-kind of low kick. Kf believes Seagal's version would be very effective in an actual fight.

What is noteworthy is that Silva KO'd Belfort early on in the fight with a standard tactic that MMA proponents rarely adopt. FYI, this approach is essentially the very 1st 1-Step Sparring Drill taught by Kf's karate style.

MMA, sports-fighting enthusiasts abound that say traditional karate training doesn't work in MMA. Kf's answer is that Steven Seagal's not the only one training MMA who's full of lard!

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